Noun
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the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
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abrasiveness,
scratchiness |
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raggedness,
roughness shabbiness by virtue of being in rags
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the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
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roughness |
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unpleasantness the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather"
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| harshness -
excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
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severity,
severeness,
rigor,
rigour,
rigorousness,
rigourousness,
inclemency,
hardness,
stiffness |
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sternness,
strictness uncompromising resolution
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| harshness -
the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
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cruelty,
cruelness |
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malevolency,
malevolence,
malice the quality of threatening evil
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ferociousness,
viciousness,
brutality,
savagery the trait of extreme cruelty
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